diff --git a/sohstationviewer/view/db_config/value_color_helper/edit_icon_black_background.png b/sohstationviewer/images/edit_icon_black_background.png
similarity index 100%
rename from sohstationviewer/view/db_config/value_color_helper/edit_icon_black_background.png
rename to sohstationviewer/images/edit_icon_black_background.png
diff --git a/sohstationviewer/view/db_config/value_color_helper/edit_icon_white_background.png b/sohstationviewer/images/edit_icon_white_background.png
similarity index 100%
rename from sohstationviewer/view/db_config/value_color_helper/edit_icon_white_background.png
rename to sohstationviewer/images/edit_icon_white_background.png
diff --git a/sohstationviewer/view/db_config/value_color_helper/value_color_widget.py b/sohstationviewer/view/db_config/value_color_helper/value_color_widget.py
index b1f9014f15f13ac80771ba9917ebf2686ef30e13..914655d5f2e22b25606e5dad769056aedd2b2287 100644
--- a/sohstationviewer/view/db_config/value_color_helper/value_color_widget.py
+++ b/sohstationviewer/view/db_config/value_color_helper/value_color_widget.py
@@ -13,7 +13,12 @@ from sohstationviewer.view.db_config.value_color_helper.functions import \
 
 
 class ValueColorWidget(QTextEdit):
-    def __init__(self, parent, background):
+    def __init__(self, parent: Optional[QWidget], background: str):
+        """
+        Widget to display valueColors and call a dialog to edit tha value
+        :param parent: the parent widget
+        :param background: 'B'/'W': flag indicating background color
+        """
         QtWidgets.QTextEdit.__init__(self, parent)
         self.set_background(background)
         # string for value color to be saved in DB
@@ -36,12 +41,11 @@ class ValueColorWidget(QTextEdit):
         self.edit_button = QtWidgets.QToolButton(self)
         self.edit_button.setCursor(Qt.PointingHandCursor)
         current_file_path = os.path.abspath(__file__)
-        icon_path = Path(current_file_path).parent
-
+        root_path = Path(current_file_path).parent.parent.parent.parent
         if background == 'B':
-            img_file = f"{icon_path}/edit_icon_black_background.png"
+            img_file = f"{root_path}/images/edit_icon_black_background.png"
         else:
-            img_file = f"{icon_path}/edit_icon_white_background.png"
+            img_file = f"{root_path}/images/edit_icon_white_background.png"
         self.edit_button.setIcon(QtGui.QIcon(img_file))
         self.edit_button.setStyleSheet(
             "background: transparent; border: none;")